About Us

Overview

The Portus organization has been delivering portside solutions for our customers on a combined basis for over 20 years. During that time Portus has grown in size, strengthened its expertise, and has become an industry leader, focused on providing unparalleled service to container lines, heavy lift carriers, and the US military. With increased resources, Portus continues to expand operationally and renew our commitment to ingenuity, advanced services, and technology. We're building for a bigger future and that means bigger solutions for you.

Portus was acquired in March 2009 by SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners.

HR/Safety

Portus is committed to adding value for our customers by providing comprehensive maritime transportation and related services based on the highest principles of organizational and individual integrity and excellence, with a strong focus on customer service. To accomplish this, we invest heavily in our people, technology, equipment, and customer relationships. We believe this fosters an environment that will promote continuous expansion of physical and intellectual capacity and a clear understanding of customer needs and interests.

In 2013, Portus was presented with the Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award. SHARP is an OSHA cooperative program and recognizes an elite group of businesses that maintain exemplary injury and illness prevention programs.

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 8, 2010.

Thank you for visiting the Portus Website. By using this website, you accept the following Privacy Policy, which constitutes a legal agreement between you and Portus Holdings LLC (Portus) and any of their affiliate companies. You should review this Privacy Policy carefully before using this website. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy for any reason, you may not use this website. Portus reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy without notice, and each use of this website constitutes your acceptance to be bound by the policy as articulated at that time. You may be requested from time to time upon visiting this website to reconfirm your assent to the terms set forth in the Privacy Policy.

Privacy is Important: An important part of our commitment to you is our respect for your privacy. This Privacy Policy seeks to help you understand how we collect any information about you when you visit this website, and how we use such information.

Limitation of Applicability: This Privacy Policy concerns only this website and does not concern any website or application to which it may link. Should you choose to visit those websites or applications, you should review their privacy policies to ensure that you are comfortable with them. Similarly, this Privacy Policy does not concern your interaction with Portus in any matter other than your use of the website. This Privacy Policy does not address our privacy practices concerning any non-public personal information we collect as to our investors; we address those practices in separate notices sent to our investors or potential investors.

Information You Provide to Us: In order to obtain access to certain information or materials provided via the website, you may have to provide information that we collect and store in a way that allows us to relate it to you personally; including but not limited to your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number and facsimile number. We refer to such information as “personally identifiable information”.

Information We Collect Via Technology: We may collect information about you through technology, e.g. your IP address each time you visit the website. We may in turn use these IP addresses to collect information regarding the frequency with which users browse various parts of the website. The website may also use cookies, to remember who you are so when you return during another visit. You have the ability, with your internet browser, to either warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or turn off all cookies altogether. If you choose to turn off cookies, you may not have access to features that makes your browsing of our website smoother, and some of our services may not function properly. You may at any time delete any cookies sent by using the relevant option of your internet browser or by deleting the cookies on your hard drive.

The website may also use other methods to track and analyze traffic patterns, e.g. the frequency with which users visit various parts of the website. These methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf. We may also use these methods in e-mails that we send to our users, to determine whether such users have opened those e-mails or clicked on links in those e-mails. We may collect the information from use of these methods in a form that is personally identifiable.

During some visits we may use tools such as JavaScript to collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (e.g. scrolling, clicks, and mouseovers), and methods used to browse away from the page. We may use this information to measure site activity, to develop ideas for improving our website or for any other purpose, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

How Personally Identifiable Information is Used: We will not disclose any personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted or required by law, or as necessary to provide services to you. We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to certain non-affiliated third parties such as, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants, auditors and persons or entities that are assessing our compliance with industry standards. We enter into contractual agreements with all non-affiliated third parties that prohibit such third parties from disclosing or using the information other than to carry out the purposes for which we disclose the information.

We may also store your personally identifiable information and use it for marketing, research and other business purposes, and we may associate your personally identifiable information with other information we collect about you, such as details about your usage patterns and interests, in each case to the extent permitted by law.

We may disclose personal information to help enforce our Terms of Use, protect your safety or security, including the safety and security of property that belongs to you, or protect the safety and security of our websites, databases or third parties, including the safety and security of tangible or intangible property that belongs to us or to third parties. Also, in the event that Portus or any of its assets are acquired, user information may be one of the transferred assets. Portus, however, reserves the right to use any personal information in any manner permitted by law.

How Non-Personally Identifiable Information is Used: Non-personally identifiable information is information that does not personally identify you, including anonymous information and aggregate data. We may use this information to understand better how our visitors use the website, analyze their demographics, interest, and behavior, improve the website and for other similar purposes. We may combine this information with personally identifiable information. We may share this information with others for informational or promotional purposes to the extent permitted by law. Portus, however, reserves the right to use this information in any manner permitted by law.

No Guarantee of Security: We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your non-public personal information. We use methods to maintain the integrity and security of our databases, including firewalls. However, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We will not be responsible or liable for any damages, losses or causes of action arising out of or in connection with the disclosure of your personally identifiable information.

International Use, Governing Law and Forum: Portus makes no claims that materials on this website are appropriate or may be downloaded for use in locations outside the United States. Access to this website from countries or territories where such access is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this website outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. By sending us your data, you consent to its transfer to and storage within the United States.

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Any dispute regarding this Privacy Policy or your use of this website shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in Duval County, Florida.

Privacy Policy Changes: We may revise or supplement this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use or share your personal information, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our website.

Questions: If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please e-mail Dennis Rhodes, our Chief Information Officer at drhodes@seaonus.com or write to him directly at Portus, 10060 Skinner Lake Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32246.